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This, of course, thrashed out some of the berries, reducing the yield 

 materially. 



Summer Fallow. 



"In the fall of 1906 we planted more grain on summer fallowed 

 ground, hut the dry, cold winter was a little too severe for it and the 

 results were not very satisfactory. The rainfall during this year was 

 below the normal and the grains felt it keenly. 



Potatoes. 



' "The potatoes, however, on the summer fallowed ground which was 

 continuously cultivated produced a very good crop, yielding 91 bushels 

 per acre, notwithstanding their tops being at one time laid flat by hail. 

 Potatoes seem to be one of the most remunerative crops for this coun- 

 try, and it might be interesting to note here that we have never discovered 

 a potato bug nor a flea beetle upon our vines. 



Sugar Beets. 



"Dry farmed sugar beets on continuously cropped land produced a 

 little over seven tons per acre. 



Precipitation. 



"The rainfall during 1907 and the early part of 1908 was very scant 

 indeed, and fall planted crops suffered accordingly, being winter killed 

 to a great extent. Those grains planted in the spring also suffered the 

 lack of moisture and it was not until the beginning of the late spring 

 rains that the plants began to show any encouraging growth at all, re- 

 maining brown and yellow up to this time. After they were growing 

 nicely two rather severe hail storms did considerable damage and the 

 plants never fully recovered. 

 Average Yields — Summer Fallow. 



"The potatoes were planted after the rains began and consequently 

 had plenty of moisture, but they too were damaged by hail. The yields 

 in 1908 were as follows: On summer fallowed land, potatoes, 109 bushels 

 per acre; barley, 22 bushels per acre, weighing 62 pounds per bushel; 

 and peas, 7 bushels per acre. The hail thrashed out about one-half of the 

 peas and the potatoes were so badly beaten by it that a great many of 

 them did not mature. We had prospects of rais'ng 140 bushels per acre 

 before the hail storm passed over the farm. 

 Potatoes. 



"On continuously cropped land we produced 93 bushels of potatoes 

 per acre, 12 14 bushels of beardless barley per acre, and ten tons of sugar 

 beats per acre. The beets contained about 17 per cent, sugar but were 

 rather low in purity. 



Sugar Beets. ^ 



The dry farmed beets did not yield as well as the irrigated beets 

 but were superior in sugar content and purity. Brome and slender 

 wheat grasses d d very well, but alfalfa was not so encouraging. 



